Plow-stock.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. G.- W. WHITEHURST & P. BRADSHAW.

PLOW STOCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.19.1906.

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UNITED I STATES.

PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE W. WHITEHURST AND FEATHERSTON BRADSHAW, OF

' ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. 1

PLOW-STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. WHITE- HURST and FEATHERsToN BRADSHAW, citizens of the United States, residin at Ellisville, in the county of Jones an State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plow-Stocks; and we do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of t e invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in plow-stocks.

The object of the invention is to provide a plow stock having an adjustable beam whereby the draft on the plow may be varied. v A further object is to provide a stock having an adjustably-connected beam on the forward end of which is formed a clevis, whereby additional draft adjustment may be had and whereby means is provided for supporting a colter-blade.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrange'ment of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompan g drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a p ow having a stock constructed in accordance with the invention, showing in full and dotted lines the normal and adjusted positions of the plow-beam. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the stock, showing the parts of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a to plan view of the stock, and Fig. 4 is a detail orizontal sectional view through thg connected ends of the beam and standar Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 denotes the plow-stock, which consists of the beam 2 and the standard 3, the latter being curved downwardly and provided with an e ongated hole or slot to receive a bolt 4, b means of which the blade or shovel 5 of .t e plow may be attached thereto. Connected tothe stock 1 are suitable handles 6, by which theplow is held.

The rear end of the beam 2 is oflset, as shown at 7, thereby forming a shoulder 8. The inner end of the offset portion of the beam is increased in width and provided with a series of bolt-holes 9. The beam adjacent to the offset portion 7 is provided with a bolt-hole '10.

The forward end of the standard 3 is cut I away or recessed on one side, as shown at 12, and with said recessed portion of the standard is adapted to be engaged the ofiset end 7 of the beam, said beam being pivotally connected with the standard by means of a bolt 13, which is passed through the hole 10 in the beam and through an alined hole 14, formed in the reduced end of the standard. By means of a bolt 14, passed through one of the holes 9 in the end of the beam and a hole 15 in the standard, said beam may be held in an upwardly or downwardly projecting inclined position, thereby providing for an adjustment of the draft.

In the space formed by the shoulder 8 of the offset portion 7 of the beam and a shoul 'der formed in the reduced end of the standard is adapted to be supported a cutting-blade or colter 16. On the outer end of the beam is arranged aclevis 17, said clevis being referably formed by bending the end 0 the beam into the desired shape and forming a series of apertures 18 therethrough, with one of which is adapted to be connected the draft devices of the plow, thereby providing for the further adjustment of the draft.

A plow-stock constructed as herein shown and described will be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction, eflicient in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plow-stock comprising a standard, a beam pivotally and adjustably connected thereto, said beam having in its end a series ofbolt-holes adapted to be brought into alinement with a bolt-hole in said standard, a bolt for vertically adjusting said beam, ofisets in the beam and standard, and a clevis formed on the forward end of said beam, substantially as described.

2. A plow-stock comprising a standard having a recessed upper end, a beam having an offset rear end to en age the recessed end of said standard, shoulders formed in the recessed offset ends of said standard and beam a colter-blade supported in said shouldered recesses, a bolt to pivotally connect said beam and standard, said beam having in Its end a series of bolt-holes, ada ted to be brought into alinement With a olt-hole in said standard, a bolt adapted to be inserted through said alined apertures to hold said I 5 beam in its adjusted positions, and a clevis formed on the outer end of said beam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of tWo subscribing 20 witnesses.

GEORGE W. WHITEHURST. FEATHERSTON BRADSHAW. Witnesses:

W. J. PACK, J. H. ORANFORD. 

